Word

Opposite
A

about

exactly

above

below

absence

presence

abundance

lack

to accept

to refuse

accidental

intentional

active

lazy

to add

to subtract

to admit

to deny

adult

child

advanced

elementary

affirmative

negative

afraid

brave

after

before

against

for

alike

different

alive

dead

all

none

always

never

ancient

modern

to agree

to refuse, to argue

to allow

to forbid

already

not yet

always

never

amateur

professional

to amuse

to bore

angel

devil

animal

human

to annoy

to satisfy

to answer

to ask

answer

question

antonym

synonym

apart

together

approximately

exactly

to argue

to agree

to arrest

to free, to set free

arrival

departure

to arrive

to depart, to leave

artificial

natural

to ask

to answer

asleep

awake

to attack

to defend

attack

defence, protection

attic

cellar

autumn

spring

awake

asleep

awful

delicious, nice, pleasant

B

back

in front of

background

foreground

backward

forward

bad

good

bad luck

fortune, good luck

beauty

ugliness

before

after

to begin

to end, to stop, to finish

beginning

end, ending

behind

in front of

below

above

best

worst

better

worse

beautiful

ugly

big

small, little

birth

death

bitter

sweet

black

white

blunt

sharp

body

soul

to bore

to amuse, to be interested in

boring

exciting, interesting

to borrow

to lend

bottom

top

boy

girl

brave

cowardly, afraid

to break

to mend, to fix

broad

narrow

brother

sister

to build

to destroy

busy

lazy

to buy

to sell

C

calm

excited

careful

careless

careless

careful

to catch

to miss, to throw

ceiling

floor

cellar

attic

centre

outskirts, suburb

certainly

probably

changeable

constant

cheap

expensive

child

adult, grown-up

children

parents

clean

dirty

clear

cloudy

clever

stupid

to close

to open

closed

open

cloudy

clear, sunny, bright

cold (adjective)

hot

cold (noun)

heat

to come

to go

comedy

drama, tragedy

complicated

simple

compliment

insult

compulsory

voluntary

to connect

to separate

consonant

vowel

constant

changeable

construction

destruction

to continue

to interrupt

cool

warm

correct

false, wrong

courage

fear

courageous

cowardly

cowardly

brave, courageous

to create

to destroy

cruel

human, kind
humane

to cry (schreien)

to whisper

to cry (weinen)

to laugh

D

to damage

to repair

danger

security, safety

dangerous

safe

dark

light

daughter

son

dawn

dusk

day

night

dead

alive

death

birth, life

deep

shallow

defeat

victory

defence

attack

to defend

to attack

delicious

awful

to deny

to admit

to depart

to arrive

departure

arrival

desperate

hopeful

to destroy

to build, to create, to form

destruction

construction

devil

angel

dictatorship

republic

to die

to live

different

alike, equal, the same

difficult

easy

dirty

clean

disease

health

distant

near

to divide

to unite

division

unity

to divorce

to marry

divorce

marriage, wedding

divorced

married

domestic

foreign

down

up

downstairs

upstairs

drama

comedy

dry

humid, wet

dull

interesting

dusk

dawn

E

early

late

east

west

easy

difficult, hard

elementary

advanced

to emigrate

to immigrate

emigration

immigration

empty

full

to end

to begin

end

beginning

ending

beginning

enemy

friend

to enjoy

to hate

to enter

to leave

entrance

exit

equal

different

even

odd

evening

morning

everybody

nobody

everything

nothing

exactly

about, approximately

excited

calm

exciting

boring

to exclude

to include

exit

entrance

expensive

cheap

export

import

exposure

shelter

extreme

moderate

F

to fail

to succeed, to pass

failure

success

false

correct, true

far

near

fast

slow

fat

slim, thin

fear

courage

female

male

few

many

final

first

to find

to lose

to finish

to begin

finish

start

first

final, last

to fix

to break

flat

hilly

floor

ceiling

to follow

to lead

to forbid

to allow, to let, to permit

for

against

foreground

background

foreign

domestic

foreigner

native

to forget

to remember

to form

to destroy

fortune

bad luck

forward

backward

to free

to arrest

to freeze

to melt

frequently

occasionally

fresh

old/stale

friend

enemy

front

rear

in front of

back, behind

full

empty

funny

serious

future

past, present

G
general particular, special
generous mean
gentle violent, rough, strict
gentleman lady
giant tiny, very little, small
girl boy
to give to take
to go to come, to stop
good bad
good luck bad luck
grown-up child
guest host
guilty innocent
H
happiness sadness
happy sad
handsome ugly
hard easy, soft
to harvest to plant
to hate to enjoy, to like, to love
health disease, illness
healthy ill, sick
heat cold
heaven hell
heavy light
hell heaven
here there
high deep
high low
hilly flat
to hit to miss
hopeful desperate, hopeless
hopeless hopeful
horizontal vertical
host guest, visitor
hot cold
huge tiny
human animal
humane cruel
humid dry
hungry thirsty
husband wife
I
in front of back, behind
to ignore to notice
ill healty, well
to immigrate to emigrate
immigration emigration
import export
in out
to include to exclude
to increase to reduce
innocent guilty
inside outside
insult compliment
intelligent silly, stupid
intentional accidental
to be interested in to bore
interesting boring, dull
to interrupt to continue
J
junior senior
K
kind cruel

L

lack abundance, plenty
lady gentleman
to land to take off
land water
large small
last first
late early
to laugh to cry
lazy active, busy
to lead to follow
to learn to teach
to leave to arrive, to enter
left right
to lend to borrow
less more
to let to forbid
to lie to stand
life death
light dark, heavy
to like to hate
liquid solid
little big, large
little much
to live to die
long short
to lose to find, to win
loser winner
loud quiet
to love to hate
lovely terrible
low high
to lower to raise
bad luck good luck
good luck bad luck
M
major minor
male female
man woman
many few, some
marriage divorce
married divorced, single
to marry to divorce
master servant
maximum minimum
mean generous
to melt to freeze
men women
to mend to break
mess order
midnight noon
minimum maximum
minor major
to miss to hit, to catch
moderate extreme
modern ancient, old
monarchy republic
moon sun
more less
morning evening
mountain valley
much little
N
narrow broad, wide
nasty nice, pleasant
native foreigner, stranger
natural artificial
near distant, far
negative affirmative
nephew niece
never always
new ancient, old
nice awful, nasty
niece nephew
night day
no yes
nobody everybody
noisy quiet, silent
noon midnight
none of al lof
normal strange
north south
not yet already
nothing everything
to notice to ignore
now then
O
occasionally frequently
occupied vacant
odd even
off on
often seldom, sometimes
old modern, new, young
on off
to open to close, to shut
open closed, shut
opponent supporter
order mess
ordinary special
other same
out in
outside inside
outskirts centre
over under
P
parents children
part whole
partial total
particular general
to pass to fail
past future, present
peace war
to permit to forbid
to plant to harvest
plenty lack
pleasant awful
polite rude
poor rich, wealthy
poverty wealth
powerful weak
presence absence
present past, future
pretty ugly
private public
probably certainly
professional amateur
to protect to attack
protection attack
public private
to pull to push
pupil teacher
to push to pull
Q
question answer
quick slow
quiet loud, noisy
R
to raise to lower
rainy sunny
rear front
to receive to send
to reduce to increase
to refuse to agree, to accept
regret satisfaction
to remember to forget
to repair to damage
to reply to ask
reply question
republic dictatorship, monarchy
to rest to work
rich poor
right left, wrong
to rise to sink
rough gentle, smooth, soft
rude polite
rural urban

S

sad

happy

sadness

happiness

safe

dangerous

safety

danger

salt

sugar

(the) same

different, the other

satisfaction

regret

to satisfy

to annoy

to save

to spend, to waste

to scream

to whisper

security

danger

seldom

often

to sell

to buy

to send

to receive, to save

to sit

to stand

senior

junior

to separate

to connect, to unite

serious

funny

servant

master

to set free

to arrest

shallow

deep

sharp

blunt

shelter

exposure

short

long, tall

to shout

to whisper

to shut

to open

sick

healthy

silent

noisy

silly

intelligent

simple

complicated

to sink

to rise

single

married

sister

brother

slim

fat

slow

fast, quick

small

big, large, tall

smooth

rough

soft

hard, rough

solid

liquid

some

many

sometimes

often

son

daughter

soul

body

sour

sweet

south

north

special

general, ordinary

spring

autumn

to stand

to sit

to start

to stop

start

finish, end, stop

to stop

to start, to go

to stand

to lie

strange

normal

stranger

native

strict

gentle

strong

weak

student

teacher

stupid

clever, intelligent

suburb

centre

to succeed

to fail

success

failure

to subtract

to add

sugar

salt

summer

winter

sun

moon

sunny

cloudy, rainy

supporter

opponent

to suspect

to trust

sweet

bitter, sour

synonym

antonym

T

to take

to give

to take off

to land

tall

small, short

to teach

to learn

teacher

pupil, student

then

now

terrible

lovely

there

here

thick

thin

thin

thick, fat

thirsty

hungry

to throw

to catch

tight

loose

tiny

giant, huge

together

apart

tomorrow

yesterday

top

bottom

total

partial

town

village

tragedy

comedy

true

false

to trust

to suspect

U

ugliness

beauty

ugly

beautiful, handsome (boys), pretty (girls)

under

over

to unite

to divide, to separate

unity

division

up

down

upstairs

downstairs

urban

rural

useful

useless

useless

useful

V

vacant

occupied

valley

mountain

vertical

horizontal

victory

defeat

village

town

violent

gentle

visitor

host

voluntary

compulsory

vowel

consonant

W

war

peace

warm

cool

to waste

to save

water

land

weak

powerful, strong

wealth

poverty

wealthy

poor

wedding

divorce

well

ill

west

east

wet

dry

to whisper

to scream, to shout

white

black

whole

part

wide

narrow

wife

husband

to win

to lose

winner

loser

winter

summer

to work

to rest

woman

man

women

men

worse

better

worst

best

wrong

correct, right

Y

yes

no

yesterday

tomorrow

young

old